GLOBAL Inequalities Development Studies Association Conference The University of Manchester, 27-29 June 2018 1 97 8-2 018 DSA WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE 09:30-11:15 Masterclass with Jan Nederveen Pieterse 11:00-18:00 Reception desk open 12:30-13:45 Keynote Plenary 1 14:00-15:30 Panel session 1 2018 15:30-16:00 Refreshments 16:00-17:30 Panel session 2 17:45-19:00 Keynote Plenary 2 19:15-20:30 Prize-giving ceremony and welcome drinks reception THURSDAY 28 JUNE 08:30-18:00 Reception desk open 09:00-10:30 Panel session 3 TIMETABLE 10:30-11:00 Refreshments 11:00-12:30 Panel session 4 12:30-14:00 Lunch 12:40-13:00 Student social lunch 13:00-14:00 Publication strategies for students and early career researchers 14:00-15:30 Panel session 5 15:30-16:00 Refreshments 15:30-16:00 DSA-OUP Book Series update and OUP Book Launches 16:00-17:15 Keynote Plenary 3 17:15-18:15 Early Career Researcher Plenary Panel 18:30-19:15 DSA Study Group meetings 18:30-19:15 Meeting with Global South delegates 19:15-20:00 Global Development Institute@ 60 Drinks reception 20:00-22:00 Outdoor food market and music FRIDAY 27 JUNE 08:30-14:00 Reception desk open 09:00-10:30 Panel session 6 10:30-10:45 Refreshments 10:45-12:15 Panel session 7 12:15-13:45 Lunch 12:30-13:30 AGM 13:30-13:45 Break 13:45-15:15 Closing Policy and Practice Plenary GLOBAL Inequalities Development Studies Association Conference The University of Manchester 27-29 June 2018 DSA Council • President, Conferences, HoCs, Communications: Sarah White (s.c.white(at)bath.ac.uk) • Hon. Secretary, Communications, HoCs, NGOs, REF2020: Laura Hammond (lh4(at) soas.ac.uk) • Hon. Treasurer, Business Strategy: Dan Brockington (d.brockington(at)sheffield.ac.uk) • EADI Representative, External relations (international), Students: Laura Camfield (l.camfield(at)uea.ac.uk) • Research and publications, REF2020, External relations (UK): P. B. Anand (p.b.anand(at) bradford.ac.uk) • External relations (international), Conferences, REF2020: Nandini Gooptu (nandini. gooptu(at)qeh.ox.ac.uk) • External relations (UK & International): Joe Devine (j.devine(at)bath.ac.uk) • Research and publications, REF2020: Uma Kothari (uma.kothari(at)manchester.ac.uk) • Student liaison: Sarah Peck (sgpeck1(at)sheffield.ac.uk) • Study groups, External relations (UK): Helen Yanacopulos (h.yanacopulos(at)open.ac.uk) • Conferences: Sam Hickey (sam.hickey(at)manchester.ac.uk) • Study groups & partnership development: Kathryn Hochstetler (k.hochstetler(at)lse.ac.uk) • Workshop series: Julian Quan (j.f.quan(at)greenwich.ac.uk) Conference Co-Chairs Sam Hickey and Rory Horner (Global Development Institute, the University of Manchester) Scientific Committee P.B. Anand, Nicola Banks, Pritish Behuria, Sam Hickey, Rory Horner, Sarah White Conference administrators NomadIT: Eli Bugler, James Howard, Rohan Jackson, Saskia Lillepuu Acknowledgements for financial and institutional support Development and Change, Oxford Development Studies, Journal of Development Studies, the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester, Development Studies Association. Cover photo by Cesar Okada, Favela Santa Maria, 2012. Wifi access You may use Eduroam (with your own academic credentials); you may use UoM_WiFi (request login information from Reception Desk and enter these when prompted to on the authentication page in your browser)); or you can use the free public network The Cloud (by signing up or using pre-existing credentials). #DSA2018 Table of Contents Timetable ...........................................................................................inside front cover Welcome to DSA2018 ...................................................................................................5 Theme .....................................................................................................................9 Practical information ...................................................................................................11 Manchester guide .................................................................................................17 Events and meetings ....................................................................................................23 Book Exhibit .................................................................................................................35 Panel streams ................................................................................................................37 Daily timetable ..............................................................................................................43 Panel and paper abstracts.............................................................................................63 List of participants: Convenors, chairs, discussants and presenters......................159 Map ..................................................................................................... outside rear cover Notes Welcome to DSA2018 Welcome from the DSA President Dear All, Welcome to Manchester! We are delighted to have you with us and look forward to an exciting few days together. This is a year of anniversaries: the 40th anniversary of the DSA; 60 years of development studies at the University of Manchester; and 100 years of women’s suffrage in the UK. The conference is a chance to celebrate these achievements and remember with thanks those who have blazed the trails for us. But it is also an opportunity to pause, to take stock of what we have learned, to reflect on what we want to affirm and continue, and to decide what we would ke to do different, in the years ahead. The theme of global inequalities captures the big issues facing the development community. To what extent do the old, colonial, geographies of development elucidate key dimensions of emerging inequalities, and how might they obscure these? What aspects of inequality are most pressing, in what contexts, and how do different dimensions intersect, reinforce, counteract or otherwise influence each other? What kinds of evidence can we rely on in describing the extent and significance of inequalities, and how can we combat misinformation? What kinds of action, and at what scales, will be effective in building towards global justice? And the lurking question that underlies all of these: to what extent has development itself been responsible for the exacerbation of inequalities, and what implications does this have for the ways we go forward? The dual orientation, towards reflecting on the past and looking towards the future, is reflected throughout the conference sessions. These combine insights from ‘golden oldies’ and current leading global thinkers on inequality with those of early career researchers, who come to the topic with fresh eyes. The conference sees a number of new initiatives. It is the first time ever, to my knowledge, that we have held the conference in June, so we will see how it feels to gather at the end of an academic year, rather than at the start of a new one. It combines parallel sessions in conventional academic paper format with some comprising shorter, more interactive presentations addressing issues of policy and practice. Recognising that expensive conference dinners can introduce their own dynamics of inclusion and exclusion, DSA2018 also has for the first time a more informal final dinner in a market-place format, the price of which is included in your conference fee. 5 Welcome to DSA2018 A highpoint of the conference, as always, is the DSA AGM (not everyone realises what a highpoint this is!). Come along to find out what DSA does during the year and the new activities we have planned. This year we have space for some new people to join DSA council and so play their part in shaping what the DSA will become over the next forty years. People at early stages of their career are particularly welcome: it is not too late to put your name forward! My very best wishes for a fun and stimulating conference. Sarah White DSA President Welcome from the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester We are very pleased and honoured to welcome you all to the 2018 Development Studies Association Annual Conference here at the University of Manchester. We are delighted to host this conference focused on global inequalities, a theme which is one of five research beacons of the University of Manchester. Development studies has a long tradition at Manchester, with 2018 marking our 60th anniversary as a university department. We have recently combined the strengths of our Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) and Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI) to form the Global Development Institute (GDI) as part of the university’s continued commitment to and promotion of development studies. We are pleased to continue our long and productive relationship with the Development Studies Association in a year in which it also celebrates an anniversary – 40 years. DSA2018 involves panels and papers that engage critically with many dimensions of inequality, and the ways these reinforce or counteract each other. We have been very pleased to receive a wide range of contributions on global inequalities, as a subject of research, an issue for action and as a lens through which to approach the world. We have a total of 69 panels, and 360 papers, and would like to thank panel convenors for bringing together such an exciting range of papers and people. We are honoured to have an exciting range of plenary speakers: Frances Stewart (University of Oxford) and Jan Nederveen Pieterse (University of California